Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance
The New Yorker · 7 minThe trouble with waiting to address problems long after you know that they exist.
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LSD, Cargo Shorts and the Fall of a High-Flying Tech CEO
Bloomberg · 8 minJustin Zhu’s $2 billion startup was doing great, but an unorthodox style and tension with investors cost him his job.
They Told Their Therapists Everything. Hackers Leaked It All
WIRED · 20 minA mental health startup built its business on easy-to-use technology. Patients joined in droves. Then came a catastrophic data breach.
In Praise of Doing Nothing
The Conversation · 5 minTechnology has made many aspects of daily life much easier. So why do we still feel so overwhelmed?
Creators are making bank selling....Google spreadsheets
Mashable · 5 min“Every project starts in Google Sheets. I wanted to help. I knew I could.”
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How to type special characters on a Windows PC
The Verge · 5 minYou just have to know how to do it.
How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon Valley
Bloomberg · 15 minGraduates from the Indian Institutes of Technology are highly sought after by employers. They can also bring problems from home.
T-Mobile officially debuts 5G home internet with no data cap or contract from $60/month
9to5mac.com · 2 minT-Mobile’s 5G home internet service has been in the works for several years and today the carrier has officially launched the offering.
How to check if you’re part of the Facebook data breach
The Verge · 2 minThere are a couple of tools you can use.
This Wild Video Maps the Entire Internet and Its Evolution Since 1997
singularityhub.com · 4 minIn the early days of digital computing, the machines were monolithic and isolated. They didn’t communicate. In fact, they couldn’t communicate. There was no lingua franca. This problem was no secret. Computer scientists had been working on ways to network computers as early as 1962.
Python AI: How to Build a Neural Network & Make Predictions
realpython.com · 29 minIf you’re just starting out in the artificial intelligence (AI) world, then Python is a great language to learn since most of the tools are built using it. Deep learning is a technique used to make predictions using data, and it heavily relies on neural networks.
Personal data for 533 million Facebook users leaks on the web
Engadget · 1 minHackers were reportedly sharing a massive amount of personal Facebook data in January, and now that data appears to have escaped into the wild.
The Best Online Cloud Backup Service
The New York Times · 33 minWe’ve added IDrive’s new simplified version of its software to the What to look forward to section. Every cloud backup service we tested is a pain to use for one reason or another, but we still recommend using one.
Outgrowing software
Benedict Evans · 5 minTen years ago Marc Andreessen wrote an article in the WSJ called ‘Software is eating the world’, arguing that there was a fundamental shift in the role that software plays in the economy. In the past, IBM, Oracle or Microsoft sold technology to other companies, as a tool.
How to get more space in your Google storage
The Verge · 3 minFor many of us, Google storage is the modern-day hard drive. It’s the place where our most important thoughts, documents, and memories reside. But just like with a traditional hard drive, the space isn’t infinite, and running out of room can be a real problem.
Email Broke the Office. Here's How to Fix It
GQ · 16 minComputer scientist Cal Newport says email overload has made us miserable—and less productive too. Does he have the solutions to a better, more sane way to work?
What Happens When Our Faces Are Tracked Everywhere We Go?
The New York Times · 34 minWhen a secretive start-up scraped the internet to build a facial-recognition tool, it tested a legal and ethical limit — and blew the future of privacy in America wide open.
Why some developers are avoiding app store headaches by going web-only
Fast Company · 7 minIt’s still tough to opt out of Apple and Google’s ecosystems. But some app makers are coming around to the web’s upsides.
AI: Ghost workers demand to be seen and heard
BBC · 5 minArtificial intelligence and machine learning exist on the back of a lot of hard work from humans.
'Typographic attack': pen and paper fool AI into thinking apple is an iPod
The Guardian · 3 minAs artificial intelligence systems go, it is pretty smart: show Clip a picture of an apple and it can recognise that it is looking at a fruit. It can even tell you which one, and sometimes go as far as differentiating between varieties.